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• MikeMcMullen: well, I've gone down the rabbit hole you suggested and written a FreeCAD FEM script. FreeCAD's part module is actually sensationally good, but the rest is quite hard work, and I've yet to extract the results I want out of a Solver sess…

  in How best to automate batches of structural experiments using Mecway's Python API? Comment by nickpelling November 2023
• MikeMcMullen: ah, good point! I'll build a simple example in FreeCAD and see what steps are needed to get it working... 👍

  in How best to automate batches of structural experiments using Mecway's Python API? Comment by nickpelling November 2023
• MikeMcMullen: FreeCAD does indeed offer a (essentially) complete API, yes. However, my experience of FreeCAD hasn't been even half as good as my experience of Mecway, and I'd rather use the latter as my primary platform if possible.

  in How best to automate batches of structural experiments using Mecway's Python API? Comment by nickpelling November 2023
• Hi Victor, I'm very pleased to hear that you plan to make the API more complete over time! My use case is pure R&D structural optimisation using straightforward (isotropic) materials, where the final shape gets evolved over numerous generations…

  in How best to automate batches of structural experiments using Mecway's Python API? Comment by nickpelling November 2023
• Hi Victor, thanks for the quick reply! I've already tried building some geometry from scratch via a Python script, and that worked perfectly. However, there doesn't seem to be ways to create loads or constraints via the API, only ways to modify pre…

  in How best to automate batches of structural experiments using Mecway's Python API? Comment by nickpelling November 2023